CHARLESTON — Charleston Public Library has announced its events for January. The library will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 1.

The estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing is $1.15 billion, potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the game's history.

Mattoon native Colton Davis served as the architect for the Emerald Acres Sports Connection's Sarah Bush Lincoln Fieldhouse.

The bird, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor this week.

Charleston CAN's Beautification and Infrastructure Committee, which secured the IDOT grant funding for this project, reported ...

In the near future, Illinois farms could be producing jet fuel — or at least crops that can be used as the basis for jet fuel ...

After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials ...